Roselyn Jensen was born on Oct. 20, 1948 to Denton and Enez (Kimber) Jensen in Wadena, Minn. She moved with her family to Fargo, in 1956 and attended Fargo Central School. Roselyn married Gary Severson on Oct. 2, 1965 in Fargo. She worked as a maintenance supervisor for the Black building in Fargo for eight years. Roselyn then worked for NDSU in the residents life department as a supervisor for 26 years, until retiring in February of 2011.

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She loved working with all the students and co-workers at NDSU, enjoyed Rummage sales and auctions, but most of all loved living at Lake 15, near Rollag, Minn.